Stopping panic attacks can preoccupy your mind all day and all night if you suffer from them.
The constant worry of having another panic attack only serves to increase the likelihood of it happening.
And that is where your solution to the problem lies.
When you have a panic attack, you are actually suffering an adrenalin rush.
This is the natural fight or flight response to a peak in anxiety.
The effects of the adrenalin rush are horrible, but in essence, they are a perfectly normal bodily reaction to adrenalin.
But how does this information help you in stopping panic attacks overtaking your life? Put simply, the reason you suffer panic attacks is because of anxiety.
The anxiety levels you live with put you closer to the adrenalin rush than an normal person.
As a result, a slight threat, such as a meeting with your boss or a lot of new people, can send you over the edge and spiralling into another attack.
Stopping panic attacks requires you to lower your anxiety levels.
You can do this temporarily using any number of drugs available for this purpose.
They have side effects, risks of addiction and risks of dependency not to mention a whole host of other reasons to be avoided.
They rarely provide a long term solution.
The secret to long term success with overcoming anxiety and thus stopping panic attacks lies in reducing your overall anxiety levels permanently.
You can do this by understanding the causes of your anxiety and learning to see past irrational anxiety triggers.
For example, irrational anxiety is driven by you thinking the worst will happen when it is very unlikely.
It is driven by you thinking too much about what other people will think about you.